Hurricane Eta battered Bay Islands with heavy winds and rain causing island wide loss of electricity, localized landslides and internet and cell phone outages on November 3 and 4.
Roatan police took a step further in tightening penalties against personal freedoms under the pretext of protecting population from a COVID-19 virus. In early October island police officers begun strict enforcement of presidential decree 58-2020 passed by congress on May 23 that makes wearing masks
Despite the Roatan COVID-19 economy shut down a large, perhaps the biggest project the island has ever seen was announced. Próspera, a company with $17.5 million capital and 58-acre site on the north shore aims to change Roatan’s future.
The Real Estate sales sector on Roatan took a tremendous hit because of the government imposed COVID-19 travel restrictions and government office closures.
After 150 days of island lockdown the biggest toll has been not the COVID deaths, but higher crime, domestic violence, uneducated children, bankrupt businesses and looming bank foreclosures.
